I can see that I am not the only one who returned to building their own pc after a lot of years, my last was built in '92 but i have to try.

My wife is totally noise freaked.... and hates computers and television sets

I tried using a laptop, actually found a nice samsung 17", but watching a movie while playing world of tanks, put it in high gears and I get a nagging wife, so I tried to put together a configuration to match the above profile, a gamer pc (WoT level) a bit of web work photographs and watching a movie:

Welcome to SPCR. Here's a benchmark for WoT at Notebookcheck.net. There's a bit of variability in the fps table, but two things stand out: - At low resolution and low quality settings, it can run on any current CPU or APU. - If you want to play at 1080p and turn up the eye candy, you'll need more than the HD 7750. The i5-2400/HD 7770 graphs (4th to last on the table) tell the tale. You'd probably need something in the HD 7850 or GTX 660 range for decent play.

Case, CPU, SSD are fine. Mobo seems nice.. don't know if I'd pay $200 for a mobo. RAM: Step away from the tall heatspreaders and nobody will get hurt...seriously, they add no value and just get in the way of many decent CPU coolers. Look for the low profile variants. GPU: need to decide if you want to play at 768 or 1080p.

PSU: Stressed load power as spec'ed is in the ~200W range and during gaming maybe 150W. If you move up to a 7850 or GTX 660, call it 260W stressed max and 200Wish gaming. Take a look at the Seasonic x400 fanless, the x560 semipassive or the Kingwin LZP550 semipassive in the ~$120 range. Those will be the quietest. Way cheaper is the Seasonic G 550 at ~$85. Fan is always on rather than semi-passive.

Thanx for the welcome and comments, Gods this is a jungle, I would really like to have a spreadsheet with the available graphic cards and the necessary values to decide between them. I guess I will go for the 1080p, better have more muscle than needed than to be short of it, guess that was the problem with my laptop

I will find some 1,35 v RAM blocks, the samsung ones are not easy to get in continental europe, but can get them from UK, strange.

The XFX black is priced around 300$ in EU, while the Sapphire is only 170, is it worth the difference? I can get the FX-785A-CNJC at the same price around 180$, but I am not clear about the difference.

The XFX black is priced around 300$ in EU, while the Sapphire is only 170, is it worth the difference? I can get the FX-785A-CNJC at the same price around 180$, but I am not clear about the difference.

If you run Prime95 + Furmark, the PSU might see 250W (77W CPU, 130W GPU, etc). So, the x-400 can easily handle the load. However, your card requires two 6-pin PCIe graphics connectors and the PSU only ships with one. So, you'll need to get an additional cable from Seasonic, or get an adapter cable from a retailer, or get a PSU with two PEG connectors.

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